Theme Creation…

  • I’m working on finishing up a website. My goal is to have my “blog” page match the rest of the pages on my site. How can I do this? Is there an easy way to accomplish this? I’ve looked at so many themes, trying to decode what goes where, until my eyes got blurry. I’ve come to the realization that I’m just not going to be able to figure this out. Am I missing something?

    Can anyone assist me in this endeavor?

    Thanx.

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  • No, there is never an easy way. It is always a lot of work.

    The relatively painless approach is to find a theme that’s main structure is the closest to your existing site and then tweak it until it looks like you want it.
    Theme_Development – in case you want the details
    Blog_Design_and_Layout

    Also, try Google – there are many tutorials around the web about building a WP theme.

    Thread Starter stmasi

    (@stmasi)

    Well, I’ve read, and read, and read some more…then went back and read it all over again. I think I’m starting to understand how WordPress works, but apparently, I have a long way to go. I wish there was an easy way to adapt WordPress to an existing site instead of vice-versa. Guess I’ll never be able to figure that out.

    A few closing words…

    Much reading last week
    My eyes are ready to bleed
    WordPress is quite hard

    hi..
    top site…but no theme header

    https://animation-cartoons.blogsot.com

    Thread Starter stmasi

    (@stmasi)

    What is that link for? Looks like it just empties out onto a bogus page.

    Thread Starter stmasi

    (@stmasi)

    One more question.

    Instead of trying to create a theme that matches my site (either from scratch or modifying an existing theme), is there a way I can simply “insert” the WordPress posts onto a page of my existing site? You know, by using an iFrame or some similar method?

    Thanx.

    Hi

    I’m new to WordPress, and I don’t know what your background is, but if you are familiar with (X)HTML it might not be that difficult. I moved my blog from MovableType to WordPress a few days ago, and it only took a few hours to convert the MT theme to a WP one. I found these two resources really useful:

    This tutorial series takes you through building a WordPress theme from scratch; it helps you understand how themes work:
    https://www.wpdesigner.com/2007/02/19/so-you-want-to-create-wordpress-themes-huh/

    If you are converting an existing static layout to WordPress, this might be a good place to start:
    https://www.jestro.com/web-design/convert-xhtml-css-to-wordpress/

    I knew practically nothing about WordPress before last week; my newly converted site is here:
    https://www.larecettedujour.org/

    The CSS still needs a bit of tidying up, but I think it’s not bad for a few hours’ work ??

    Thread Starter stmasi

    (@stmasi)

    Nice site, veronicay!

    However, not quite what I’m looking for. I’ve given up on trying to make a theme to match my existing site. Now, I simply want to know if there is a way to “insert” only the posts from my WordPress blog into my existing site.

    I’ve tried using an iFrame, but there are too many variables as far as trying to make the height of the window fit the blog height (dealing with pages that have a different number of posts).

    If I can figure out how to do this, then I’ll be done with it. If I can’t or it simply isn’t possible, then I guess I’ll just be done with blogging in general. I don’t think it should be this difficult, but maybe I’m just one of those old dogs that can’t learn new tricks.

    8^)>

    Thanx.

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